"For every single written page, there is always one thousand pages that should be read." Watch our interview with Olga Tokarczuk where we talk about the road to becoming a Nobel Prize-awarded author, her love of fairytales and the process of writing. | Nobel Prize

"Such a prize will, in a way, give us a kind of optimism." We spoke to Olga Tokarczuk immediately after the announcement of her 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature. She shares her reaction to the news and speaks of the importance of the award as a symbol of hope for those concerned about the “crisis in democracy” she sees facing central Europe. Listen to the full telephone interview: | Nobel Prize

"I do still like fairytales very much... I read them as a kind of poetry." On International Children's Book Day we take a look at Olga Tokarczuk's beginnings as a reader - and writer. What books did you read when you were younger? Tokarczuk was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 "for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life." | Nobel Prize

Congratulations to 2018 Literature Laureate Olga Tokarczuk! Watch the very moment she receives her Nobel Prize medal and diploma at the award ceremony today. | Nobel Prize